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TIL after Drew Barrymore posed nude for Playboy in 1995, her godfather Steven Spielberg sent her a note saying "cover yourself up", along with copies of her pictures altered to make it appear she was fully clothed

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1bXO TIL that after the iconic dance scene in Pulp Fiction, you see Vincent Vega and Mia Wallace holding a trophy. It’s assumed they won the contest, but later in the film, a barely audible advert states the trophy had, in fact been stolen.
NX6Ke TIL the original story of "Frankenstein" was written by an 18 year old runaway and mother, Mary Godwin ("Shelley" after marriage) when her pregnant stepsister's boyfriend, Lord Byron, created a contest for his friends to write the best ghost story after a cold summer night talking of gruesome things
kJO1d TIL I learned about Amorphous Globosus. That animals can be born as a literal ball of organs. It’s thought to be a result of twin pregnancy in which one twin does not have enough room in the womb and is absorbed by the other. It’s unable to survive outside the womb due to a lack of working organs.
0kPA TIL Americas first public crucifixion will take place tomorrow
1l4d [TIL] Locks of Love uses very few of the hair donations they receive to make wigs for disadvantaged children